Bathroom art: Stuff people do in Seattle’s restrooms

Taking pictures in public restrooms can get you in a lot of trouble, but seattlepi.com intern Joe Dyer managed to do it in a non-creepy way. (Mainly by asking permission and making sure the restrooms were empty, just for the record.)

I asked Joe to find some of Seattle’s best and most elaborate bathroom art — sometimes called latrinalia — and he came back with dozens of striking images showing just how elaborate this city’s bathrooms can get when a marker, pen or can of spray paint fall into the right (or wrong?) hands.

And I’m guessing that a few beers or a triple latte doesn’t hurt when it comes to inspiration.

Take a look at Joe’s pictures, with some Creative Commons Flickr images thrown in for good measure.